by Nick Prudhomme | Jun 25, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, OBGYN
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is an evolving field with many therapies that have a common goal: to maximize the chance of pregnancy while minimizing the risk of multiple gestations. As the Canadian infertility rate approaches 15%, the use of ART is steadily...
by Nick Prudhomme | Feb 21, 2019 | Featured
We’re familiar with sodium bicarbonate as a simple buffer solution, which has been utilized for a myriad of medical indications backed up by physiologic rationale and occasional moderate-quality evidence. It comes in two forms; vials (typically for infusions) and...
by Nick Prudhomme, Richard Hoang | Apr 19, 2018 | Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease
Meningitis is defined as the inflammation of the membranes of the brain and/or spinal cord. The incidence of bacterial meningitis is in the range of 5-10 cases per 100,000 patients per year1. Despite modern medical therapy, it is associated with a case fatality rate...